Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Saarland University, Saarbrücken/Germany

Molecular
Biology of Myxobacteria
Myxobacteria are soil-living microorganisms which are increasingly
recognized as producers of secondary metabolites. A number of these
compounds are of significant interest both to natural products
researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. Our efforts to understand
the biosynthesis of these metabolites focus on their respective gene
clusters and the encoded enzyme systems.